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Inspiron owners complain of SP2 slowdown
News Owners of Dell Inspiron notebooks have reported that Microsoft's Windows Service Pack 2 is cutting their system speeds dramatically -- in some cases by a factor of almost ten, from 2.6GHz to 300MHz. According to postings on Dell's support forums...
[September 3, 2004, 14:25]
Inspiron owners complain of SP2 slowdown
Talkback My Inspiron 1100 basically became worthless with SP2. Like tying a bowling ball to a turtle. Web pages went from 5 seconds to load to 5 minutes plus. Rolled back with system restore and it's back to normal.
[September 8, 2004, 20:46]
Inspiron owners complain of SP2 slowdown
Talkback I don't have an Inspiron. I built my machine myself. When I first installed SP2 everything appeared to be ok. That is until I trired to do some DVD authoriing. Then I noticed it now took twice as long to create a DVD.
[October 11, 2004, 1:52]
Inspiron owners complain of SP2 slowdown
Talkback My Inspiron 1150 also slowed down to a crawl after installing the SP 2 patch. The solution I used was sent in to ZDNet by Inspiron tech Matt Loney. Slowdown Fixed! Check it out) Just a few mouse clicks and your free of grief.
[October 11, 2004, 21:04]
Inspiron owners complain of SP2 slowdown
Talkback Have similar system speed loss w/ SP2 been reported by Inspiron owners running XP Professional Edition or only by those running XP Home Edition?
[September 7, 2004, 15:47]
Inspiron owners complain of SP2 slowdown
Talkback Inspiron XP Service Pack 2 Slowdown Fix I accidentally stumbled into a fix for the Inspiron slowdown problem, but I'm not sure what the fix really was. After my system was crapped up by the suggestions in Reg's article, I put all those things back...
[September 3, 2004, 22:46]
Dell Inspiron 6000: a first look review
Reviews The Inspiron 6000 from Dell will be among the first notebooks to hit the market with Intel's new Sonoma technology. The Inspiron 6000, a desktop-replacement notebook with multimedia aspirations, will be available with a Celeron or Pentium M...
[January 20, 2005, 7:40]
Dell Inspiron 8000 review
Reviews Like all of Dell 's notebooks, the Inspiron 8000 is highly configurable. However, the key difference between the Inspiron 8000 and other desktop replacement systems is that it uses a desktop chipset, the Intel 815E, that significantly boosts the...
[December 4, 2000, 23:00]
Do not buy the Inspiron 8600
Member Review I bought an Inspiron 8600 about two weeks ago. Not the Inspiron 8600. DO NOT BUY THE INSPIRON 8600. GB DDR333 RAM, DVD+RW burner, 80GB HD 7200rpm, Radeon Mobility 9600 PRO, Centrino 1.5, Wide UXGA 1920 x 1200 Pixels.
[January 26, 2004, 9:21]
Paint problems delay Dell's Inspiron deliveries
News Dell has explained the problem behind the hold-up in deliveries of its Inspiron notebooks. Premium colours and finishes like we use on the Inspiron models introduce complexity into the [manufacturing] process," he wrote.
[August 28, 2007, 15:35]
Dell Inspiron 8000 1000UT review
Reviews Externally, the 1000UT looks identical to other models in the Inspiron 8000 range, but there are significant differences inside. Inspiron 8000 models. In our tests, the GeForce2 Go delivered three times the 3D graphics performance of the ATi...
[March 18, 2001, 23:00]
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 with Vodafone mobile broadband review
Reviews Our recent review of Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 netbook was largely positive (we particularly liked its three-hour-plus battery life). Vodafone has now stepped up as Dell's UK mobile broadband partner, and from mid-October you'll be able to get the...
[October 10, 2008, 10:21]
Dell Inspiron Mini 12 muscles in on notebook turf
News Dell's hybrid netbook-notebook, the Inspiron Mini 12 — just released in Japan — is set to reach the UK in November, offering buyers a halfway house between mini-laptops and larger portables. Like the Inspiron Mini 9, the Mini 12 is powered by Intel...
[October 27, 2008, 15:42]
Dell Inspiron 9100: a first look review
Reviews Dell has added a new desktop-replacement notebook to its arsenal, the 4.1kg Inspiron 9100. Dell Inspiron 9100: a heavy-duty 4.1kg desktop replacement notebook, from £899 (ex. Don't attempt to travel much with the Dell Inspiron 9100 and its shoulder...
[March 1, 2004, 8:10]
Dell Inspiron 8600c review
Reviews Based around Intel's top-end 2GHz Dothan Pentium M 755 with 2MB of Level 2 cache, our Inspiron 8600c review model had a gigabyte of DDR RAM - half the maximum 2GB achievable by fully populating the pair of DIMM slots.
[June 10, 2004, 16:25]
Dell Inspiron 8600: a first look review
Reviews Dell's new Inspiron 8600 does more than just update the Inspiron 8500, the company's flagship consumer notebook. Dell Inspiron 8600: a fast, wide-screen desktop replacement notebook with top-notch 3D graphics.
[September 2, 2003, 16:16]
Dell Inspiron 8200 review
Reviews Looking at Business Winstone 2001, which is based on mainstream productivity applications (including those within Microsoft Office 2000), the 1.7GHz Inspiron 8200's score of 38.4 is actually behind its that of its 1.13GHz MPIII-M-based predecessor...
[March 4, 2002, 23:00]
Dell Inspiron 9100 review
Reviews Our review sample of the Inspiron 9100 was powered by a 3.2GHz Prescott Pentium 4, featuring HyperThreading, 1MB of Level 2 cache and an 800MHz system bus. The Inspiron 9100 has the familiar grey plastic cladding with blue accents characteristic of...
[March 17, 2004, 7:45]
Dell Inspiron 5100 review
Reviews One unusual feature of the Inspiron 5100 is its built-in, dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) wireless antennae, which should optimise signal reception. The mainstream Inspiron 5100 series shows off a refreshing new colour scheme for Dell.
[March 3, 2003, 12:06]
Dell Inspiron 8200 (2.2GHz Mobile P4) review
Reviews Featuring Intel's 845MP chipset and 512MB of 266MHz DDR SDRAM (expandable to 1GB), this Inspiron 8200 has as powerful a CPU/memory subsystem as we've seen in a notebook to date. The remainder of the specification is standard-issue Inspiron 8200...
[September 24, 2002, 16:02]
